The creative duo of Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger produced some of the greatest moments cinema, British or otherwise, has yet to offer. It's almost offputting how much gushing praise they garner to this day, but the adoration is justified. Despite often dealing with seemingly slight or fanciful subject matter, they never released a film that was mere entertainment. There was always something to be confronted, be it the spectre of war, which informs most of this boxset, or an unwillingness to sugar-coat more obsessive themes - The Red Shoes hardly has a happy ending despite its lighter-than-air ballet sequences, and A Matter Of Life And Death should have you teary eyed within the opening 10 minutes. There is nothing in these 11 films that doesn't seem to have a great deal of artistic, poetic thought behind it. The aforementioned films, along with Black Narcissus, The Tales Of Hoffman, A Canterbury Tale, I Know Where I'm Going, The Life And Death Of Colonel Blimp are all ones you should own, cherish and explore. And the duo's rarer, later films, such as Ill Met By Moonlight and They're A Weird Mob, are also included here.

Also out

Cars

Owen Wilson learns his highway code in Pixar's car-centric animation.

· Rental/£21.99, Buena Vista

Miami Vice

Colin Farrell and Jamie Foxx give us a macho lesson in modern-day law enforcement.

· Rental/19.99, Universal

Renaissance

Futuristic French sci-fi animated in striking black-and-white.

· £17.99, Universal

Planet Earth

The epic, state-of-the-art wildlife series in its entirety, plus some Attenborough-narrated extras.

· £38.50, BBC

Marlene Dietrich - The Movie Collection

18 of the German siren's films, including Blonde Venus and Touch Of Evil.